Policy, governance and economics
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Grow the Solution initiative aims to promote wood-based products for climate
06/05/2024
FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
Forestry and social protection must be better aligned, says new report
21/11/2023
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Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for youth across different processes in the forest value chain in Uganda
2021
This report addresses the subject of decent rural employment for youth in the forestry sector. It is based on case studies carried out across different processes in the value chain within the sector in Uganda, ranging from seedbed development through to plantation management, saw logging and trading.
Local financing mechanisms for forest and landscape restoration
2021
The new FAO publication “Local financing mechanisms for forest and landscape restoration: A review of local level investment mechanisms” examines the pathways available to financing restoration for a positive local level impact.
Guatemala: Supporting carpenters to purchase and use legal timber
2021
Through support from the FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme, the Organization Asociación Balam has connected local carpenters to legal timber producers in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén by building and strengthening cooperatives.